"小人河馬" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ko̞bʲito̞ ka̠ba̠] Forms: 小人河馬 [canonical] (ruby: (), (びと), (), ()), 小人河馬 [canonical] (ruby: 小人河馬(コビトカバ)), kobito kaba [romanization]
Etymology: From 小人 (kobito, “pygmy”) + 河馬 (kaba, “hippopotamus”). The hito reading for 人 changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)). Etymology templates: {{af|ja|小人|河馬|t1=pygmy|t2=hippopotamus|tr1=kobito|tr2=kaba}} 小人 (kobito, “pygmy”) + 河馬 (kaba, “hippopotamus”), {{ja-r|連%濁|れん%だく|rom=-}} 連(れん)濁(だく), {{sortkey|ja|小人河馬}} こひとかは, {{ja-rendaku2|hito|bito|人}} The hito reading for 人 changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)). Head templates: {{ja-noun|こびと かば|コビト カバ}} 小(こ)人(びと)河(か)馬(ば) or 小人河馬(コビトカバ) • (kobito kaba)
  1. a pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) Wikipedia link: ja:コビトカバ
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